The Houston Cactus and Succulent Society is a group of people interested in the study, cultivation, conservation, and just plain enjoyment of desert plants.

HCSS activities include:

• Presentations on plants, cultivation, plant history and other topics by members and guest speakers
• Field trips to native plant habitats, nurseries, research institutes, and members yards and greenhouses
• Kactos Komments bi-monthly newsletter
• Lots of plant exchanges
• Annual Show and Sale
• A large "members only" lending library
• Support of cactus and succulent research
• Answers to plant questions and identification of plants
• Good friends!